SF US Open 1985

John McEnroe #2 def. Mats Wilander #3

3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3

John McEnroe defeated Mats Wilander 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1985 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 9, 1985*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1985
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Mats Wilander
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Aug 22, 1964
Age	26	21
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,406	2,183
Current career W-L	835–191	526–203
Current career earnings	$12,552,132	$7,956,101

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe #2 3 – 4 Mats Wilander #3

Path

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Joakim Nystrom #10	6-1 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1985	QF
Tomas Smid #19	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1985	R16
Bud Schultz #64	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1985	R32
Martin Wostenholme #120	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1985	R64
Shlomo Glickstein #172	6-1 6-7 2-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985	R128

John McEnroe's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Lendl #1	6-7 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1985	F

Mats Wilander's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anders Jarryd #8	2-6 6-2 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1985	QF
Greg Holmes #24	7-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1985	R16
Paul Annacone #30	6-3 6-7 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1985	R32
Bruce Foxworth	6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1985	R64
Vijay Amritraj #56	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985	R128